The Falcon Out West (1944)
The Falcon in Mexico (1944) The
Falcon in Hollywood (1944)

The
Falcon in San Francisco (1945)
The Falcon's Alibi (1946) The
Falcon's Adventure (1946)

Tom Conway
continues his run as the suave society sophisticate sleuth
Tom Lawrence in the second half of the smash RKO mystery
series. Making the title role strictly his own, Conway
clearly delights in mixing the detective with the dash. The
war years and thereafter see the Falcon head out west for an
extended sojourn, tackling criminals up and down the coast!
Complete the RKO Falcon film saga with this 2-disc, 6 film
collection. Beware miscreants - The Falcon is still
on the hunt!

Posters

Comments

We already
reviewed first 7 films in the
Falcon series that were released by Warner Archive
Collection on a 3-disc set. The remaining 6 titles were
remastered and released in this set containing 2 replicated
discs (not a DVD-R!). Tom Conway took over the reigns of
Falcon in Falcon's Brother (1942) from his real-life brother
George Sanders (they would co-star again as brothers in
Death of a Scoundrel). This set contains the last 6
movies in the series with Tom Conway before it was
resurrected by poverty row studio Film Classics with John
Calvert for 3 more movies. For any film noir fan we can
especially recommend two films in this set that makes it a
must buy - The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)
directed by Joseph H. Lewis and The Falcon's Alibi
(1946) co-starring Jane Greer and Elisha Cook Jr. and
directed by Ray McCarey of Little Rascals and
Three Stooges fame and younger brother of Leo McCarey.

Compared to
earlier Falcon set or
The George Sanders Saint Movies Collection , all
transfers look like they were remastered. There are still
some marks on the prints, but its based on the source
material and never become a problem. There a 3 movies on
each dual-layered factory pressed disc. There are no
additional extras, but we can still easily recommend this
release.

The murder of a wealthy, much-married
rancher (Lyle Talbot) in a posh Manhattan nightclub is
the catalyst for The Falcon Out West. Amateur
sleuth Tom Lawrence (Tom Conway), aka The Falcon,
deduces that the victim was killed with rattlesnake
venom. He follows the trail of evidence to a dude ranch
in a frontier town. The suspects include pretty Marion
(Barbara Hale) and Vanessa (Carol Gallegher) and
not-so-pretty Bates (Minor Watson) and Hayde (Don
Douglas). Though Tom Conway seems bored and distracted
throughout The Falcon Out West, the film itself
is an above-average "Falcon" series entry!

NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred
per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.

Bitrate

Audio

Dolby Digital Mono (English)

Subtitles

None

Features

Release
Information:
Studio: Warner Home Video

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen - 1.33:1

Edition Details:
• 6 films on 2 discs

DVD Release Date:
February 19th, 20132 discs in Keep Case

Chapters 30

Screen Captures

directed by William Berke
USA 1944

The Falcon in Mexico
wastes no time getting started: within the first
ten minutes, amateur sleuth Tom Lawrence (Tom
Conway), aka The Falcon, gets mixed up
with a damsel in distress, the murder of an art
gallery owner, and a collection of valuable
paintings attributed to a supposedly dead
artist. Flying to Mexico, Lawrence gets in touch
with Barbara (Martha MacVicar, later Vickers),
the daughter of the allegedly deceased Humphrey
Wade (Bryant Washburn). Before long, Lawrence
has three more murders on his hands, not to
mention an unknown assassin who's gunning for
him. The film's most memorable performance is
delivered by Nestor Paiva as a resourceful
Mexican cabbie who's got a little more on the
ball than is immediately apparent!

This delightful entry
in RKO Radio's "Falcon" series
finds amateur Tom Lawrence (Tom Conway),
aka The Falcon, tring to solve a
series of Tinseltown murders. The
killings all seem to be tied in with a
"jinxed" movie production, supervised by
neurotic studio executive Martin Dwyer
(John Abbott). Accompanied by
wisecracked lady cabbie Billie (Veda Ann
Borg), Lawrence pokes around a studio
backlot, gathering clues and grilling
suspects all along the way. Could the
murderer be pretty starlet Peggy
Callahan (Barbara Hale), haughty prima
donna Lili D'Alio (Rita Corday) or shady
"businessman" Louie (Sheldon Leonard)?
Filmed on such locations as the
Hollywood Park race track and the
Hollywood Bowl, The Falcon in
Hollywood spends most of its time
within the offices, sound stages,
technical departments and walkways of
the RKO Radio studio itself. The film
was one of the most popular of RKO's
"Falcon" efforts, posting a $115,000
profit

Filmed
extensively on location, The
Falcon in San Francisco is
one of the best of RKO Radio's
"Falcon" series. This time
around, amateur sleuth Tom
Lawrence (Tom Conway), aka
The Falcon, comes to the aid
of 10-year-old Annie Marshall (Sharyn
Moffet). While trying to solve
the murder of Annie's nurse,
Lawrence is accused of
kidnapping the kid. Several
beatings, warnings and murders
later, Lawrence discovers that
the solution of the mystery is
tied in with a gang of silk
smugglers, headed by none other
than? Oh, no! The surprise
ending isn't going to be tipped
off here! Director Joseph H.
Lewis' occasional utilization of
"cinema verite" techniques would
later develop full-blown into
such noir classics as
Gun Crazy.

NOTE: The Vertical axis
represents the bits transferred
per second. The Horizontal is
the time in minutes.

Bitrate

Audio

Dolby Digital Mono (English)

Subtitles

None

Features

Release
Information:
Studio: Warner Home Video

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen - 1.33:1

Edition Details:

DVD Release Date: 2
discs in Keep Case

Chapters 26

Screen
Captures

directed by Ray McCarey
USA 1946

A
loose remake of 1941's
The Gay Falcon,
The Falcon's Alibi is
one of the better
entries in RKO's
"Falcon" series, and one
of the few that can
stand on its own merits
as a "film noir." This
time, amateur detective
Tom Lawrence (Tom
Conway), aka the Falcon,
is hired by a wealthy
woman's secretary to
protect the lady's
precious jewels.
Nevertheless, the thief
still manages to get
away with them, which
puts Lawrence hot on his
trail.

When a scientist
discovers a way
to create
synthetic
diamonds, a
group of
criminals kidnap
his daughter
Meredith (Louisa
Braganza) in an
attempt to
ransom her for
the valuable
formula.
Rescuing
Meredith from
her kidnappers,
the Falcon (Tom
Conway) becomes
the prime
suspect in a
string of
murders--including
that of the
scientist. It is
then up to the
Falcon to prove
his innocence by
discovering the
identity of the
true criminals.
This film is the
last of the
Falcon series to
star Conway.